1 Then the people of Israel traveled to the flatlands of Moab. They camped along the Jordan River across from Jericho.
2 Balak saw everything that Israel had done to the Amorites. Balak was the son of Zippor.
3 The people of Moab were terrified because there were so many Israelites. In fact, Moab was filled with panic because of the people of Israel.
4 The Moabites spoke to the elders of Midian. They said, "This huge mob is going to lick up everything around us. They'll lick it up as an ox licks up all of the grass in the fields." Balak, the son of Zippor, was the king of Moab at that time.